Chaceus

Chaceus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Pseudothelphusidae
Genus:	Chaceus Pretzmann, 1965

Chaceus is a genus of crabs in the family Pseudothelphusidae, containing the following species: ^{[1] [2]}

• Chaceus caecus Rodríguez & Bosque, 1990
• Chaceus cesarensis Rodríguez & Vilosia, 1992
• Chaceus curumanensis Campos & Valencia, 2004
• Chaceus davidi Campos & Rodríguez, 1984
• Chaceus guajiraensis Campos & Puerta, 2023
• Chaceus ibiricensis Campos & Valencia, 2004
• Chaceus motiloni Rodríguez, 1980
• Chaceus nasutus Rodríguez, 1980
• Chaceus pearsei (Rathbun, 1915)
• Chaceus turikensis Rodríguez & Herrera, 1994

The genus' name commemorates Fenner A. Chace Jr. ^[3]

References

1. Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
2. De Grave, Sammy (16 May 2021). "Chaceus Pretzmann, 1965". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 9 March 2025.
3. Gerhard Pretzmann (1972). "Die Pseudothelphusidae (Crustacea Brachyura)". Zoologica (in German). 42 (120): 1–182. ISBN   978-3-510-55004-3.